A contemporary version of the Cain and Abel story, this novel was greeted with widespread praise when it was first published in Iran in 1989. Set in the northern town of Ardabil in the aftermath of the Second World War, the story begins as Urhan Urkhani, a prominent citizen of the town, sets out to find his brother in a midwinter snowstorm. Over the course of that day-long sear...(展开全部)

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible--and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the...(展开全部)

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past whom he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With t...(展开全部)

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past whom he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With t...(展开全部)

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible--and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the...(展开全部)

Symbolism of Evil is a Beacon Press publication.

未来，世界被划分为地上与地下两个截然不同的领域。地上世界，被誉为高贵的象征。而地下世界，则充斥着混乱与无序，人们挣扎在破旧的水泥钢筋之间，艰难求生。绝望与暴力肆虐，武力统治者多姆纳尔等组织在此地盘踞着，绝望的交响曲正以悲怆的旋律奏响着……

未来，世界被划分为地上与地下两个截然不同的领域。地上世界，被誉为高贵的象征。而地下世界，则充斥着混乱与无序，人们挣扎在破旧的水泥钢筋之间，艰难求生。绝望与暴力肆虐，武力统治者多姆纳尔等组织在此地盘踞着，绝望的交响曲正以悲怆的旋律奏响着……

埃勒里·奎因(ELLERY QUEEN)是曼弗雷德·本宁顿·李(Manfred Bennington Lee，1905-1971)和弗雷德里克·丹奈(Frederic Dannay，1905-1982)这对表兄弟合作的笔名。是历史上最伟大的推理小说家之一。 从1929年到1971年，埃勒里·奎因发表了数十部推理小说，其中最为有名、也最具代表性的便是“国名系列”了。奎因和他的“国名系列”小说早已成了推理小说史上的一个不可逾越的高峰。 1941年，奎因创办了《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》，按照他的话来说，《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》是要将侦探小说从通俗文学提升为正统的文学形式。通过提供这样一个实践的场所来鼓励我们中间的人写出更好的作品，培养和发展更多新的作家。直至今日，《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》仍是这一领域的翘楚。 由于对推理文学的巨大...(展开全部)

Stone (clinical psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons) examines examples of violent crimes generally considered to be evil--for example, torture, murder (including serial, mass, and spree murder), and sexual sadism with murder--and categorizes each on a "gradations of evil" scale. He introduces his scale with a discussion of what is generally considered evil b...(展开全部)